The sample contains the following ten texts, shown in the last
column. You can view these texts and their classification when you
download and install the software. The complete DCPSE structure
is visible from ICECUPs Corpus Map.

DCPSE is supplied on CD-ROM. DCPSE contains two hundred and
eighty texts of spoken British English from across the decades.
To obtain the other 273 texts, you must order the CD-ROM.
If you want to do this, click here.

WHAT DO I NEED TO
RUN ICECUP 3.1?

ICECUP runs on PCs under Windows 3.1 and above. It has been tested
exhaustively on Windows 3.1, 95+ and XP. Owing to the nature of
the program, we recommend a fast processor and a fast hard disk,
although these are not essential. ICECUP will run on any stand-alone
or networked PC from a 386 running Windows 3.1 with 32MB upwards.

Sampler system requirements

There are two install packages, with hard disk capacity requirements
as follows:

Process

Text

To download:

3.5Mb

To install:

21Mb

To run:

8.1Mb

We have tested the software extensively on platforms that
we have access to, and we have witnessed it working OK on
others. The most up-to-date list is shown below.

Software platform

Status

Windows 3.1/WfW3.11

Regularly tested

Windows 95/98/ME

Heavily tested, in constant use

Windows NT4/WTS/2000/XP

Regularly tested, in frequent use

OS/2

Not tested

Mac/PPC Windows emulator

Tested OK

Feedback: Please tell us if you try to run ICECUP
on platforms other than PCs running Windows 95/98/ME or Windows
3.1. We want to know about your software problems, to help
you and other end users. Since we are supplying software
free, and as is (see the licence
agreement) with a Sample Corpus taken from ICE-GB, we
think that it is only fair that you give us some feedback.

If ICECUP runs brilliantly on Windows XP or crashes dismally
on a Mac, tell us. Email us at the Survey (s.wallis@ucl.ac.uk)
so that (a) we can try to solve any outstanding problems,
and (b) tell others about them.

System requirements for the DCPSE corpus (CD-ROM)

These differ from the above only in terms of hard disk space.
You need 90Mb to install the entire corpus. Note that
you can also run searches off the CD without installing anything.

The software is identical to that supplied with the sample
corpus. You can therefore try before you buy.
If in doubt, install the sample corpus and software before
ordering the CD.